Inés Córdova Suárez (1927 – 19 May 2010) was a Bolivian artist.
Biography Inés Córdova studied at the in the Sopocachi neighborhood of La Paz, as well as the in Montevideo and the Conservatorio Massana in Barcelona. In the 1960s she developed new collage techniques incorporating textiles and metal.
The artist Gil Imaná confirmed the death of Córdova, who had been his wife for 46 years, on 19 May 2010 in La Paz.
In April 2017, Imaná donated all of his artistic patrimony to the (Fundación Cultural Banco Central de Bolivia; FCBCB). This included a property in Sopocachi (on Aspiazu and 20 de Octubre Streets) and several collections comprising approximately 6,000 pieces. One half corresponds to work in ceramics, sculpture, and painting by Córdova and by Imaná himself. The other belongs to collections of contemporary painting by Bolivian and Latin American artists, colonial objects, ceramics, and pre-Hispanic Andean weavings.
Murals 1965, Mural in ceramic, Engineering Faculty of UMSA (together with Gil Imaná) 1981, Tránsito en el tiempo, Mutual "La Primera" 1985, Telúrica americana, panel mural enriched with textiles at OAS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Awards and distinctions 1973, Second Prize in painting from Salón Murillo with the work Rojo sol altiplano, La Paz 2004, "Obra de vida" Award from Salón Murillo, La Paz 2004, National Culture Award, La Paz
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